Because families are more than just parents and children, here are the ones who built Nala, the ones who know her by heart: Luka, the eldest as free as the wind, and Ella, the youngest with a fiery temperament.
The first of her siblings, Luka has always been a step ahead - or rather, a plane behind, a sea ahead and a bag always ready to go.
Luka captures the world as she breathes.
She photographs people, nature and emotions.
It was she who directed Nala's pregnancy photo shoot, a suspended moment of which she is immensely proud.
If she had to choose a place to live, it would be by the ocean :
at sunrise, board under arm, alone on the beach.
Surfing is her freedom, her moment when the world falls silent.
When she returns from her escapades, Luka also likes to... do nothing.
In her pyjamas, wrapped in a plaid and holding a cup of hot tea, she prepares her next trip in her notebook.
These are his rare moments of anchorage.
Luka loves his sisters, but Nala has a special place:
the one we protect, support and admire.
She takes her role as big sister very seriously, even if she's not around much.
Each return is a feast for the children, who see her as the “adventurous auntie”.
The youngest in the family, she's the one who talks fast, laughs loudly and goes for it even before you say yes.
Ella creates, imagines, charbonneaus, one project after another.
She has that rare talent of transforming an idea into a living image.
Even when she's tired, she's full of energy and desire.
Alone with her little Kathy, Ella juggles deadlines, bottles, school, cuddles and short nights.
Kathy's father left, but Ella got up.
Its strength is his love for his daughter and the support of her sisters.
Ella can be impulsive, passionate and a bit of a hothead...
But she's also generous, loyal, and would do anything to protect those she loves.
Chanel, her French bulldog, follows her everywhere.
Sock, the gray cat, always sleeps against Chanel as if it were her living pillow.
Together, they watch over Kathy like two hairy guardians.
Kathy is sweetness incarnate: a mixture of shyness, curiosity and imagination.
She loves :
violet
the sirens
sea creatures
the stories his mother tells him
playing with Chanel
walking your little rabbit everywhere
Ella has created a magical corner for him in their studio:
a real mermaid refuge, filled with pastel colors, seashells, iridescent cushions and marine decorations.
As Ella and Nala are fused, so are their daughters:
Vanilla and Kathy get on like sisters,
and when Kathy sleeps at home,
Zoé follows her everywhere to show her her “secret” mischief.
Despite their very different lives, Luka, Nala and Ella remain deeply united:
Luka brings freedom,
Sweet Nala,
Ella's energy.
And their children form a second generation full of love, complicity and stories to tell.